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Viviana P Ferreira

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Local release of properdin in the cellular microenvironment: role in pattern recognition and amplification of the alternative pathway of complement

Claudio CortesDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo Toledo, OH, USA Department Medical Immunology and Microbiology, Medical University of the Americas West Indies, NevisFront Immunol 3:412. 2012

Native polymeric forms of properdin selectively bind to targets and promote activation of the alternative pathway of complement

Viviana P FerreiraDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43614, USAImmunobiology 215:932-40. 2010

Complement control protein factor H: the good, the bad, and the inadequate

Viviana P FerreiraDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43614, United StatesMol Immunol 47:2187-97. 2010

Identification of a novel mode of complement activation on stimulated platelets mediated by properdin and C3(H2O)

Gurpanna SagguDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43614, USAJ Immunol 190:6457-67. 2013

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Local release of properdin in the cellular microenvironment: role in pattern recognition and amplification of the alternative pathway of complement

Claudio CortesDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo Toledo, OH, USA Department Medical Immunology and Microbiology, Medical University of the Americas West Indies, NevisFront Immunol 3:412. 2012

..This review highlights current knowledge related to these properties and discusses the implications of properdin production in a pro-inflammatory microenvironment...

Native polymeric forms of properdin selectively bind to targets and promote activation of the alternative pathway of complement

Viviana P FerreiraDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43614, USAImmunobiology 215:932-40. 2010

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Complement control protein factor H: the good, the bad, and the inadequate

Viviana P FerreiraDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43614, United StatesMol Immunol 47:2187-97. 2010

..e. cancer) by factor H is used as an immune evasion strategy. This review will focus on the current knowledge related to these versatile recognition properties of factor H...

Identification of a novel mode of complement activation on stimulated platelets mediated by properdin and C3(H2O)

Gurpanna SagguDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43614, USAJ Immunol 190:6457-67. 2013

..Altogether, these data suggest novel molecular mechanisms for alternative pathway activation on stimulated platelets that may contribute to localization of inflammation at sites of vascular injury and thrombosis...